Michael Sugarman's trail camera picked up a visit by a healthy-looking Mountain Lion recently. Here is the video: Mountain Lion Video by Michael Sugarman
One of my favorite photos of a Mountain Lion was taken by CeCe Case. A female Mountain Lion was starring through her window in Gualala a few years back. YIKES!!
Thanks to Michael for allowing me to share his video and to Cece for allowing me to reshare her photo with you here.
It's dark and cold with occasional rain showers today!
When Jinx McCombs looked at the chip in her trail cam, she found about 100 photos of this Mountain Lion, which was seen near Point Arena.
This is the first sighting of a Cougar since last Summer, Jinx said. Seeing this big cat, also called a Puma, is a thrill.
Thanks to Jinx for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
Oh, the wind! It is extremely windy today as a front crosses over us. The house is shaking from today's wind! The wind is suppose to calm down overnight and the forecast is sunny and warmer for the days ahead.
Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand have a motion detector camera at their property near Point Arena that captures some wonderful wildlife sightings. Recently they were amazed to see this photo.
The big Cougar was walking through their property in the middle of the night!
Thanks to Jinx and Paul for allowing me to share their photo with you here.
Another sparkling clear day on the Mendonoma Coast.
Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand’s trail cam has done it again. Near Point Arena, their camera photographed a Mountain Lion. Jinx wrote, “When I retrieved the photo chip, I found that a Puma strolled past about 5 pm in daylight; first time for that. It seems to be on a one-month pattern. Prior photos were 2/6/20 and 3/13/20, which would lead me to think it was a male keeping an eye on a typical large territory."
“However, one of these photos caught a butt shot that makes it pretty clear to me it’s not a male. Wonders of nature, eh?”
I sent Jinx’ photo to Dr. Quinton Martins, of Living With Lions. He wrote, “Fantastic! So cool – yes, this looks like an older female.” To learn more about Dr. Martins' efforts to protect Mountain Lions, here is his website: https://www.egret.org/living-with-lions
Thanks to Jinx and Paul for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Sunny, warm and very breezy - there has to be a LOT of upwelling going on in the ocean today!
Jinx McCombs and Paul Nordstrand have a motion detection camera, or a trail cam as Jinx calls it. They have had some recent visitors to their place near Point Arena. The most exciting to them was this beautiful Mountain Lion who strolled by.
Just the other night, their camera picked up two Gray Foxes appearing to meet. The camera took a dozen photos of the encounter. Notice the raised tails. One fox then left the area with the other following close behind. This could be a romantic encounter as this is mating season for Gray Foxes.
And several weeks ago the camera picked up an owl - we're not sure what type of owl.
There is a LOT going on during the night at their property!
Thanks to Jinx and Paul for allowing me to share their trail camera photos with you here.
Cooler today with some clouds drifting in, but still no rain.